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Tooltips for A-, U- and F-numbers
RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Started conversation Oct 18, 2005
Although the use of numbers is nicely economical, often I have no idea where an internal link goes until I actually follow it. Using the 'title' attribute to show the Entry titles for A123456 and F123456?thread="/h2g2/forum/123456" >F123456&thread=123456, and the Researcher's name for U123456 as tooltips, as is already done for footnotes, would add more to the HTML, admittedly, but it would also save people's having to load pages just to find out what they are (provided the titles were descriptive).
Tooltips for A-, U- and F-numbers
SEF Posted Oct 18, 2005
In GuideML entries, the text for the U or A number can already be shown - depending on whether the person creating the link uses that default or not.
Tooltips for A-, U- and F-numbers
RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Oct 18, 2005
I should have specified, this would apply to internal links in posts and plain text Entries, and to and ; for the self-closing version of there'd be no need, except perhaps a desire for consistency.
Tooltips for A-, U- and F-numbers
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Oct 18, 2005
Traveller in Time 
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"An acceptable way requires some user dicipline
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I give the active link _and_ the title some distinction form the surrounding text. "
Tooltips for A-, U- and F-numbers
RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Oct 18, 2005
User discipline on h2g2?
Okay, a lot of the time the context makes things reasonably clear, but the suggestion could be helpful.
(Correction to post #1: 'F123456&thread=123456' --> 'F123456?thread=123456'
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Tooltips for A-, U- and F-numbers
- 1: RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky (Oct 18, 2005)
- 2: SEF (Oct 18, 2005)
- 3: RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky (Oct 18, 2005)
- 4: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Oct 18, 2005)
- 5: RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky (Oct 18, 2005)
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